Editing CE marking (section)

{{Short description|European Declaration of conformity mark}}
{{Distinguish|Consumer electronics|Council of the European Union}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox certification mark
| name           = CE marking
| caption        =
| expansion      =
| agency         =
| region         = [[European Economic Area]], [[Turkey]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/turkey-standards-trade |title=Turkey - Standards for Trade |date=7 January 2024 }}</ref> and [[United Kingdom]]
| image          = [[file:Conformité Européenne (logo).svg|200px]]
| imageclass     = skin-invert-image
| founded        = 1993
| defunct        =
| predecessor    =
| successor      =
| products       = Various
| legalstatus    = Mandatory
| mandatorysince =
| homepage       = {{URL|https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/ce-marking_en|CE Marking homepage}}
}}
[[File:Plug-in power adapter USB for Apple, Model A1300, by Flextronics-0813.jpg|alt=CE marking example|thumb|262x262px|CE marking example on a mobile phone charger]]

The presence of the logo [[File:Conformité Européenne (logo).svg|16px|alt=The letters C and E in a stylised ligature. The E is a lunate epsilon, shaped like a letter C with a horizontal bar. |class=skin-invert-image]] on [[Product (business)|commercial products]] indicates that the [[Manufacturing|manufacturer]] or [[import]]er affirms the goods' conformity with European [[Environment, health and safety|health, safety, and environmental]] protection [[Technical standard|standards]].<ref name="Blue Guide" />{{rp|58}} It is not a quality indicator or a [[certification mark]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www2.vde.com/en/Institute/TechnicsandRegulations/EU%20Directives/Pages/CETelephone.aspx |author=VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies  | title= CE Telephone | access-date = 12 September 2020}}</ref> The CE marking is required for goods sold in the [[European Economic Area]] (EEA); goods sold elsewhere may also carry the mark.

The [[File:Conformité Européenne (logo).svg|16px|alt=CЄ|link=|class=noviewer skin-invert-image]] mark indicates that the product may be traded freely in any part of the European Economic Area, regardless of its country of origin. It consists of the CE logo and, if applicable, the four digit identification number of the [[notified body]] involved in the [[conformity assessment]] procedure.